Jhoom Barabar Jhoom movie review
Posted On Sunday, June 24, 2007 at at 21:59 by rk rishikesh sinha
After watching the movie Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, it is pretty much sure that the audience in droves would have started humming the tune jhoom barabar jhoom like a Pavlovian dog – reacting to a situation rather than using critical thinking. It is mantra that every director wishes to recreate in their endeavour – taking off the audience from the real world to his own world. Some fail miserably and a very few succeed.
Talking about Jhoom Barabar Jhoom as a movie and its songs in particular, which are inseparable ingredients of Bollywood movie where does it stand?
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, starring Abhishek Bachchan (Rikki Thukral), Preity Zinta (Alvira Khan) Lara Dutta (Anaida Raza/Laila) Bobby Deol (Steve Singh/Satvinder) and Amitabh Bachchan (Special Appearance) is a movie directed by Shaad Ali, who has under his belt hit films like Saathiya and Bunty Aur Babli and produced by Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra.
The first shot of the movie starts with the melodious song jhoom barabar jhoom with Big B Amitabh Bachchan on-screen with a guitar in hand singing and dancing in the bevy of phirangis. The audience as usual likes it seeing bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan in his new avatar.
Next to the song comes the scene of two strangers, Rikki Thukral (Abhishek Bachchan) and Alvira Khan (Preity Zinta), waiting for their respective fiancés. Till the interval the movie virtually ceases between the chemistry of the duo, waiting at the Waterloo station in London.
So to kill time they starts telling their respective love story which later comes out to be a cock and bull story created by both and this fact added by loose dialogues, improper character building specially on the part of Rikki Thukral aka Abhishek Bachchan kills the curiosity left over on the part of audience. This story hammered the last nail on the coffin of the audience taste. Not to forget the occasional, without context song – jhoom barabar jhoom. The song crosses the level of irritation that one could bear.
For the audience it was enough when both Rikki Thukral (Abhishek Bachchan) and Alvira Khan (Preity Zinta) started imagining that they both have fallen in love. There was no rhythmic story build-up that they both have cornered a soft corner towards each other. So audience does not buy their story. Do not forget the intermittent song jhoom barabar jhoom popping out anytime in the movie.
After the interval the story revolves around Rikki Thukral (Abhishek Bachchan) and Alvira Khan (Preity Zinta) trying to behold each other with the help of Lara Dutta (Laila) and Bobby Deol (Satvinder), the characters of their cock and bull story. Alvira Khan (Preity Zinta) in love with dashing lawyer Bobby Deol (Steve Singh) and Rikki Thukral (Abhishek Bachchan) in love with Lara Dutta (Anaida Raza).
Well, after the movie if someone is left thinking it was luscious sexy legs of Lara Dutta and a glimpse of Prity Zinta tattooed breast.
Talking about Jhoom Barabar Jhoom as a movie and its songs in particular, which are inseparable ingredients of Bollywood movie where does it stand?
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, starring Abhishek Bachchan (Rikki Thukral), Preity Zinta (Alvira Khan) Lara Dutta (Anaida Raza/Laila) Bobby Deol (Steve Singh/Satvinder) and Amitabh Bachchan (Special Appearance) is a movie directed by Shaad Ali, who has under his belt hit films like Saathiya and Bunty Aur Babli and produced by Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra.
The first shot of the movie starts with the melodious song jhoom barabar jhoom with Big B Amitabh Bachchan on-screen with a guitar in hand singing and dancing in the bevy of phirangis. The audience as usual likes it seeing bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan in his new avatar.
Next to the song comes the scene of two strangers, Rikki Thukral (Abhishek Bachchan) and Alvira Khan (Preity Zinta), waiting for their respective fiancés. Till the interval the movie virtually ceases between the chemistry of the duo, waiting at the Waterloo station in London.
So to kill time they starts telling their respective love story which later comes out to be a cock and bull story created by both and this fact added by loose dialogues, improper character building specially on the part of Rikki Thukral aka Abhishek Bachchan kills the curiosity left over on the part of audience. This story hammered the last nail on the coffin of the audience taste. Not to forget the occasional, without context song – jhoom barabar jhoom. The song crosses the level of irritation that one could bear.
For the audience it was enough when both Rikki Thukral (Abhishek Bachchan) and Alvira Khan (Preity Zinta) started imagining that they both have fallen in love. There was no rhythmic story build-up that they both have cornered a soft corner towards each other. So audience does not buy their story. Do not forget the intermittent song jhoom barabar jhoom popping out anytime in the movie.
After the interval the story revolves around Rikki Thukral (Abhishek Bachchan) and Alvira Khan (Preity Zinta) trying to behold each other with the help of Lara Dutta (Laila) and Bobby Deol (Satvinder), the characters of their cock and bull story. Alvira Khan (Preity Zinta) in love with dashing lawyer Bobby Deol (Steve Singh) and Rikki Thukral (Abhishek Bachchan) in love with Lara Dutta (Anaida Raza).
Well, after the movie if someone is left thinking it was luscious sexy legs of Lara Dutta and a glimpse of Prity Zinta tattooed breast.
Making the long story short even if someone gives you free tickets, do not try to explore it. A perfect NO NO movie. One would definitely come humming the song cause the director’s idea of including the song intermittently thus conditioning you to become a Pavlovian dog.